Enhanced by the amazing food and wine, and with many of the Istrian chefs being educated in Italian and French

The locations of these diamods of the gourmet world are usually a closely guarded secret and for good reason! Why the fuss over fungus?

Truffles grow in very few regions of the world. The time and effort they take to produce, plus difficulty in finding them make for a very expensive elusively sought after world commodity.

This fungus has a symbiotic relationship with tree roots from specific tree species and grows in very special conditions. The trees only produce for 30 years, and it takes 8 to 10 years after seeding the spores for them to grow and be produced.

The heady odiferous combo of dirty socks and balmy musk is weirdly intoxicating and believed to replicate the scent of male pheromones, making it an aphrodisiac.

Well, I don’t know about all that, but I know that the inside of my purse smelled pretty wonky for about a week and a half after I had those little ugly nuggets tucked away in there for about an hour wrapped in paper towels.